Wanted to see if anyone else has had a chance to work on it yet.
I've had DVD player issues, so I've only been able to literally watch bits and pieces of this video. The machine is about 13 years old and likes to skip chapters out of the blue. So, apologies that I haven't put a true review up yet. But, I do have an anecdote I can share........
With just a FEW things gleaned......literally maybe 4-5 chapters, plus what CJ showed me in Tunica.......my banking the other night was absolutely LETHAL.
At one point, we were playing a little thing I like to call "The Gauntlet". There are 3 tables at this private pool room. We all draw peas to see who matches up at which table. The 3rd table is the "King of the Hill". Basically, you have to win at the table you're on. Then you get to move to the next table, where you face the loser of the previous match, who has to stay where he's at. Once you've navigated to table 3, you attempt to win and hold it as long as you can. Once you lose at table 3, then you start all over again at table 1.
Anyway, I was smacking so many banks in the other night, and at such a high percentage, that after I ran 8 balls and dogged the 9........(yeah, yeah, I know)........I heard the guy at the next table ask his incoming opponent, "How the hell did you get past the Bank Master over there?". Even tho I had just lost, it put a lil smile on my face.
TIPS is a nice mixture of system, method and feel. The longer you play on a given table(s), the deadlier you become that given session.
After most of the players left, there was only 1 other person remaining with me. We played some 9-ball for quite a while and after I smacked in a few really, nice banks, he decided he wanted to play some Bank pool. Obviously, I was all for it.
He's pretty well known in that room as the kind of guy that......well, let's just say my nickname for him is "Captain Hook" and I always tease him about bringing the "Medicine Show" (that's a 70's music reference for you kids out there). Anyway, he just has this uncanny knack for leaving you hooked in the WORST possible ways.....and 90+% of the time, it's by complete accident. Everyone at this pool room marvels at his penchant for this. We get a good laugh out of it, at other player's expense, except when it happens to us.
Well, we played a game of Banks. I would make a bank and then scratch. Make a bank and then scratch. This happened 3 times. It was one of those messy racks with clusters and I wasn't really in the mood for defensive play, since it was just for fun. I was concentrating on the system, adjusting as I went and trying to pocket balls. He ended up winning that first rack, because I scratched so much.
Racks 2 and 3, well, I just ran over him. There was one particular shot that I actually missed, but only because the CB came around the table and clipped the OB juuuuust before it fell in the pocket. Probably one of the best banks I've ever (almost) made.
The best way I can describe the shot is that my CB was close to the long rail and almost a full diamond on one particular side of a side pocket. The OB was diagonal to it........3 diamonds away and just off the long rail........on the opposite side of the other side pocket. I had to bank the OB 2 full diamonds BACKWARDS to the pocket closest to me.......using a CB-to-OB distance that was aaaaallllllmost 3 full diamonds away. Man, I wish I could diagram it.
I honestly think I hit it as perfect as a player could hit it. The OB agonizingly trickled towards the pocket. One of those that you have time to just stare at and study. Out of the corner of my eye, I see the damn CB come around 3 rails to clip the OB just as it was going to drop. I turned around and looked at my buddy and his jaw was on the floor.
He said, "I have no idea how the hell you banked the ball backwards THAT damn far and that's some REALLY bad luck to have it get knocked away like that. It was going to absolutely split the pocket! No doubt!"
TIPS has also allowed me to actually "see" some angles that I've just never been able to "feel" in the past. It's difficult to explain. But, in the final rack, my opponent scratched. I needed 1 ball. I took a look at what I had. Sat the ball in the kitchen, at what would be a natural angle, for an easy bank. Never doubted it for a second. Smacked it in and split the pocket. Now, you think, "Well, you set up an easy, natural bank. Shouldn't have been a problem." True.
The thing is, I've not been able to really see that perfect angle so well before. And going by the TIPS system and method, I lined it up in the exact spot, with zero hesitation and just fired it in. I KNEW it would work. Now, of course, if I had hit it like I was holding a purse (no offense ladies) or I had jackhammered it, speed would have made me miss the shot. CJ, nor anyone, will tell you that any bank can be made with any speed. Speed is key. But, hey, that's what table time and warming up is for. TIPS does have a bit of feel. And there's nothing wrong with that.
By that time it was after 3 a.m., so we called it good. But, my buddy said, "I can tell you're doing something. I just can't figure out what it is."
Well, I really like the guy. He doesn't have a table at home. He's not the kinda guy that really buys videos or books, so I decided to share just the very basic principle of a 1 diamond and 2 diamond bank shot. Once he got himself lined up right and got the feel down, he began to pocket them at a pretty respectable rate, and in only a few minutes worth of instruction. Heck, I learned a little bit, just by helping him with it.
As we were unscrewing our cues for the night, he thanked me for showing him that and said there was definitely some strong stuff there.
I gotta get a new BluRay player. After last Friday night, I'm doubly excited about TIPS.
Can anyone else share their experience?
I have a fairly.....well, junkie table at home.....and it banks way shorter than the place I was at. It's almost like playing on a short-banking Diamond, rail rebound-wise, if you can believe that. It's going to take a ton of adjustment to play well at home. But, I think for more "normal", better quality tables and cushions, the TIPS method is going to work extremely well for me.
I GOTTA get a new BluRay player. And SOON.
I've had DVD player issues, so I've only been able to literally watch bits and pieces of this video. The machine is about 13 years old and likes to skip chapters out of the blue. So, apologies that I haven't put a true review up yet. But, I do have an anecdote I can share........
With just a FEW things gleaned......literally maybe 4-5 chapters, plus what CJ showed me in Tunica.......my banking the other night was absolutely LETHAL.
At one point, we were playing a little thing I like to call "The Gauntlet". There are 3 tables at this private pool room. We all draw peas to see who matches up at which table. The 3rd table is the "King of the Hill". Basically, you have to win at the table you're on. Then you get to move to the next table, where you face the loser of the previous match, who has to stay where he's at. Once you've navigated to table 3, you attempt to win and hold it as long as you can. Once you lose at table 3, then you start all over again at table 1.
Anyway, I was smacking so many banks in the other night, and at such a high percentage, that after I ran 8 balls and dogged the 9........(yeah, yeah, I know)........I heard the guy at the next table ask his incoming opponent, "How the hell did you get past the Bank Master over there?". Even tho I had just lost, it put a lil smile on my face.
TIPS is a nice mixture of system, method and feel. The longer you play on a given table(s), the deadlier you become that given session.
After most of the players left, there was only 1 other person remaining with me. We played some 9-ball for quite a while and after I smacked in a few really, nice banks, he decided he wanted to play some Bank pool. Obviously, I was all for it.
He's pretty well known in that room as the kind of guy that......well, let's just say my nickname for him is "Captain Hook" and I always tease him about bringing the "Medicine Show" (that's a 70's music reference for you kids out there). Anyway, he just has this uncanny knack for leaving you hooked in the WORST possible ways.....and 90+% of the time, it's by complete accident. Everyone at this pool room marvels at his penchant for this. We get a good laugh out of it, at other player's expense, except when it happens to us.
Well, we played a game of Banks. I would make a bank and then scratch. Make a bank and then scratch. This happened 3 times. It was one of those messy racks with clusters and I wasn't really in the mood for defensive play, since it was just for fun. I was concentrating on the system, adjusting as I went and trying to pocket balls. He ended up winning that first rack, because I scratched so much.
Racks 2 and 3, well, I just ran over him. There was one particular shot that I actually missed, but only because the CB came around the table and clipped the OB juuuuust before it fell in the pocket. Probably one of the best banks I've ever (almost) made.
The best way I can describe the shot is that my CB was close to the long rail and almost a full diamond on one particular side of a side pocket. The OB was diagonal to it........3 diamonds away and just off the long rail........on the opposite side of the other side pocket. I had to bank the OB 2 full diamonds BACKWARDS to the pocket closest to me.......using a CB-to-OB distance that was aaaaallllllmost 3 full diamonds away. Man, I wish I could diagram it.
I honestly think I hit it as perfect as a player could hit it. The OB agonizingly trickled towards the pocket. One of those that you have time to just stare at and study. Out of the corner of my eye, I see the damn CB come around 3 rails to clip the OB just as it was going to drop. I turned around and looked at my buddy and his jaw was on the floor.
He said, "I have no idea how the hell you banked the ball backwards THAT damn far and that's some REALLY bad luck to have it get knocked away like that. It was going to absolutely split the pocket! No doubt!"
TIPS has also allowed me to actually "see" some angles that I've just never been able to "feel" in the past. It's difficult to explain. But, in the final rack, my opponent scratched. I needed 1 ball. I took a look at what I had. Sat the ball in the kitchen, at what would be a natural angle, for an easy bank. Never doubted it for a second. Smacked it in and split the pocket. Now, you think, "Well, you set up an easy, natural bank. Shouldn't have been a problem." True.
The thing is, I've not been able to really see that perfect angle so well before. And going by the TIPS system and method, I lined it up in the exact spot, with zero hesitation and just fired it in. I KNEW it would work. Now, of course, if I had hit it like I was holding a purse (no offense ladies) or I had jackhammered it, speed would have made me miss the shot. CJ, nor anyone, will tell you that any bank can be made with any speed. Speed is key. But, hey, that's what table time and warming up is for. TIPS does have a bit of feel. And there's nothing wrong with that.
By that time it was after 3 a.m., so we called it good. But, my buddy said, "I can tell you're doing something. I just can't figure out what it is."
Well, I really like the guy. He doesn't have a table at home. He's not the kinda guy that really buys videos or books, so I decided to share just the very basic principle of a 1 diamond and 2 diamond bank shot. Once he got himself lined up right and got the feel down, he began to pocket them at a pretty respectable rate, and in only a few minutes worth of instruction. Heck, I learned a little bit, just by helping him with it.
As we were unscrewing our cues for the night, he thanked me for showing him that and said there was definitely some strong stuff there.
I gotta get a new BluRay player. After last Friday night, I'm doubly excited about TIPS.
Can anyone else share their experience?
I have a fairly.....well, junkie table at home.....and it banks way shorter than the place I was at. It's almost like playing on a short-banking Diamond, rail rebound-wise, if you can believe that. It's going to take a ton of adjustment to play well at home. But, I think for more "normal", better quality tables and cushions, the TIPS method is going to work extremely well for me.
I GOTTA get a new BluRay player. And SOON.
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